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2.2 Million Diyas Light Up Ayodhya

November 12, 2023 18:02 IST

Ayodhya surpassed its earlier record of lighting 1.7 million diyas and set a new Guinness World Record by lighting 2.23 million diyas across 51 ghats during its Deepotsav celebration.

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath performs aarti during Deepotsav celebrations in Ayodhya. Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: People celebrate Deepotsav in Ayodhya. Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: A police personnel lights a diya during Deepotsav celebrations. Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

  

IMAGE: People gather to light diyas during Deepotsav celebrations, here and below. Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: An aerial view of Deepotsav, here and below. Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Firecrackers light up Ayodhya's night sky on Diwali, here and below. Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

 

Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

IMAGE: Diyas are placed at a ghat ahead of Deepotsav in Ayodhya. Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

 

IMAGE: Students at the event. Photograph: Kind courtesy @uptourismgov/X

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